I am a news junky and follow several patriot and 2ndA sites and heard zilch about that. You are in Tennessee?
Friends w/a successful biz (34 employees)lost Federal contracts after writing LTE and otherwise speaking out, including a local billboard. It is common.
We are surrounded by bots. DH has a local & regional biz and I sell all over the country to 3 major distributors in my industry, plus individuals and some smaller accounts. We have learned to keep shut.
As my handle indicates, I am a long-time known defector and have become quite the hermit, aside from my conservative friends. We’re all self-employed, so we just don’t say much. If asked, we just allow that this is what folks voted for and we believe in majority rules, so it is what it is. I do want to gag when people volunteer how they LOVE 0. If they keep on, I just nod and say nothing else.
You are dog people. THAT is a good niche, if you can find the right product.
I’m in Western Maryland.
Himself is a welder/metal fabricator and there’s not much market for steel dog items...:)
[darn it]
I told him to start acting like we live in Nazi Germany or Russia.
He may rightly know why our business is tanking but he shouldn’t keep telling anybody within hearing distance.
The town west of me where the guy was supposedly grabbed is full of “47%ers”.
It’s a fairly poor river town and 80% of the once-thriving businesses have closed down.
All that’s left are the mom & pop hardware stores, grocer and couple fast food places.
Most of the rest are living on some kind of dole.